Gamal's Hopes

A few links on the issue of Gamal Mubarak:

• Amr el-Shobaki in Al-Masry al-Youm on Gamal's latest charm offensive, in which he has met with students and actually let them ask questions;
• defaced posters promoting Gamal;
• The opposition paper al-Dostour ran a headline with Egypt's four Presidents (not neglecting Muhammad Naguib for once), all shown (intentionally?) in military uniform, with a question-mark over who's next; they've also reported that Gamal's business supporters are pushing for Mubarak senior to step down.

Things are picking up speed. Gamal's putative candidacy, which seemed to be foundering, is still not clearly secure (the military and security services remaining the big unanswered question), but there's clearly a solid push, however elitist, to promote him. Of course, Daddy hasn't yet said he's not running, but the health rumors persist.